MBB: USA South Conference

[diehardfan]

We're collecting previews for each team in the tourney on one of the multiregional boards. If I get them by friday I may even be able to stick them in one document for people to peruse. A fun little tourney resource of sorts. Could someone here do one for Averett there? Thanks!

http://www.d3sports.com/post/index.php?topic=5147.0

Please? Someone? This was one of the teams that I was the most interested to find out about. I totally see Averett vs Va Wes as one of the marquee matches of the weekend!

[roundbll]

As someone trained in Statistics, I suggest flipping a coin to decide whether to use "then" or "than".  With this method, there is arguably a 50% chance of being right.  While a 50% success rate may appear grammatically disappointing, it is, however, a vast improvement over what is essentially the 0% accuracy rate now seen!  Just a thought!   

Should be a fun weekend for USASAC and ODAC hoops!  I wish the Cougars weren't playing an ODAC team in the first round, but c'est la vie! 

If a coin flip doesn't improve the issue, what would you propose than? or should i rephrase that....what than would you propose....or maybe what then would you purpose?

Supposably, we all know what you prolly mean!

Supposably?
I know you did that on purpose to stir the geeks up.

[roundbll]

a few pages back we discussed the issue of academic standards impacting recruiting and competitiveness. Just a side bar to that conversation....a recent article in a local paper discussed that issue with D1 CAA conference. W&M is the only current CAA member not to have gone on to the NCAA....their standards are extremely high and the graduation rate of the hoops team is 95%.

Blah friggin' blah blah blah...

[narch]

We're collecting previews for each team in the tourney on one of the multiregional boards. If I get them by friday I may even be able to stick them in one document for people to peruse. A fun little tourney resource of sorts. Could someone here do one for Averett there? Thanks!

http://www.d3sports.com/post/index.php?topic=5147.0

Please? Someone? This was one of the teams that I was the most interested to find out about. I totally see Averett vs Va Wes as one of the marquee matches of the weekend!

dhf - you know i would help you out, but i don't feel qualified enough to talk about any team other than the monarchs...i thought one of the averett fans might help you out...sorry

[narch]

Supposably?
I know you did that on purpose to stir the geeks up.

i know that you're referring to me when you use the word geek, and frankly, i don't appreciate it - all of your posts have been negative, and mean, and, um...not nice...oh yeah, and not about basketball - i've had it, so here's the deal - i'm gonna let the board decide this one, either:

a - i stay, you leave but continue to post as a guest, su97 begins teaching english at gc and cnu85 changes his handle to narchistheman OR

b - you leave but continue to post under the psuedonym vegascapt and i stay, keeping the name narch but capitalizing the N and cnu85 changes his handle to cnu79 (the year he STARTED at cnc)...su97 still needs to teach english at gc OR

c - i stay, you stay and cnu85 leaves forever (this time) while su97 spends a week in lovely ferrum OR

d - none of the above

board members, our collective fate is in your hands...please vote carefully...this could change the landscape of this board forever

p.s. - notamensa - please come back as a guest to vote on this most important issue

[diehardfan]

We're collecting previews for each team in the tourney on one of the multiregional boards. If I get them by friday I may even be able to stick them in one document for people to peruse. A fun little tourney resource of sorts. Could someone here do one for Averett there? Thanks!

http://www.d3sports.com/post/index.php?topic=5147.0

Please? Someone? This was one of the teams that I was the most interested to find out about. I totally see Averett vs Va Wes as one of the marquee matches of the weekend!

dhf - you know i would help you out, but i don't feel qualified enough to talk about any team other than the monarchs...i thought one of the averett fans might help you out...sorry

Narch, buddy, seriously. GOSH! I guess they will just have to remain a mystery.

[narch]

Narch, buddy, seriously. GOSH! I guess they will just have to remain a mystery.

ok...i'll give you this tidbit...they (au) shoot the 3 really well and play very good perimeter defense

and they're losing 16-13 right now winning 21-18 30-23 right now (at the half)

odac is 2-0 so far, though...i hope they finish the night 2-1

[tigerphil]

AU played a great game tonight and should have beaten VWC, but the crowd was just a little too much to handle as they got back into the game with about 5 minutes to play. Great season AU, and good luck next year.

[SU97]

It seems the season is over for the USASAC this year, at least AU showed well in battling the marlins in Norfolk. 

[SU97]

Now on to the VWC game. First, I have a few complaints to get off my chest about the disrespect shown by the VWC fans to the AU fans at the game. First, they got right in front of their student section and started pointing their signs at them, not something I liked, then a lady in a green semi-formal gown was sitting up in that section. Kudos to the VWC officials at the game table to get them away from the AU side and clear things up. Second, durring the final stretch of the game, the Students started chanting YOU SUCK, to a team that should have beat them on their home court which was very tasteless. Third, the STUDENTS should never have chanted BULL$%&^ at the bad call made by ref (we all know that d3 officiating isn't the greatest, get over it, have some class). I only hope that these STUDENT fans have a little more character tomorrow night when they play HSC (unfortunately, I won't be there to see if they actually are).

Now the game was very interesting and very one-sided in my opinion. AU was the HUNGRIER team tonight, and lost because VWC had the home crowd, which was silent for most of the game, until Adair decided to take VWC on his back down the final stretch with 5 minutes to go (I kept telling the VWC fans sitting near me, if the crowd stays out of it, you will lose). VWC was done 9 late in the second half and came on strong to take the game, first hitting a four point play, and then using some impressive defense to tie to the game.  A couple of late fouls and some clutch shooting by Adair helped give the Marlins the win. If 20 hadn't fallen at the end of the game, and I think it was 43 for AU taking that awful three point shot after picking up the loose ball, AU may have taken the game to OT.

Not sure if I am supposed to do this, but I pulled this quote from the ODAC board by Tigerphil to recap the AU-VWC game.  My question is - if VWC didn't win the ODAC and AU was an AQ - why were they playing at VWC?

[SU97]

Supposably?
I know you did that on purpose to stir the geeks up.

i know that you're referring to me when you use the word geek, and frankly, i don't appreciate it - all of your posts have been negative, and mean, and, um...not nice...oh yeah, and not about basketball - i've had it, so here's the deal - i'm gonna let the board decide this one, either:

a - i stay, you leave but continue to post as a guest, su97 begins teaching english at gc and cnu85 changes his handle to narchistheman OR

b - you leave but continue to post under the psuedonym vegascapt and i stay, keeping the name narch but capitalizing the N and cnu85 changes his handle to cnu79 (the year he STARTED at cnc)...su97 still needs to teach english at gc OR

c - i stay, you stay and cnu85 leaves forever (this time) while su97 spends a week in lovely ferrum OR

d - none of the above

board members, our collective fate is in your hands...please vote carefully...this could change the landscape of this board forever

p.s. - notamensa - please come back as a guest to vote on this most important issue

HA HA!    

That's great!  I'm going to go with option B.

But I'm still not sure why I'm teaching English - I figured I would be needed to teach advanced Calculus... 

[diehardfan]

A vote for A from me, cause the last condition in that clause is totally true and I don't know anything else about anything going on

You can't post as a guest, incidentally... he would have to make his handle "guest" which would be way funny!

[roundbll]

A vote for A from me, cause the last condition in that clause is totally true and I don't know anything else about anything going on

You can't post as a guest, incidentally... he would have to make his handle "guest" which would be way funny!

"The username you tried to use contains the reserved name 'Guest'. Please try another username." [/b] Darn... So close.

And Narch...get over yourself.  I may have been talking about you or not, but your thin-skinned rant speaks volumes.

AU...Congrats on a great season, I was rooting hard for you against VWC.

(Oh my gosh, was that positive?)

Stop the voting! I'm out.

[narch]

And Narch...get over yourself.  I may have been talking about you or not, but your thin-skinned rant speaks volumes.

roundbll...it was a joke...i thought you were intellectual enough to realize that...

su97 - i had you teaching english because i think i would get too frustrated trying to teach those gc boys...you've got more patience than i'll ever have

dhf...thanks...of course, you're not "theman" and never will be, but you're still my favorite non-usasac poster

[CNU85]

Supposably?
I know you did that on purpose to stir the geeks up.

i know that you're referring to me when you use the word geek, and frankly, i don't appreciate it - all of your posts have been negative, and mean, and, um...not nice...oh yeah, and not about basketball - i've had it, so here's the deal - i'm gonna let the board decide this one, either:

a - i stay, you leave but continue to post as a guest, su97 begins teaching english at gc and cnu85 changes his handle to narchistheman OR

b - you leave but continue to post under the psuedonym vegascapt and i stay, keeping the name narch but capitalizing the N and cnu85 changes his handle to cnu79 (the year he STARTED at cnc)...su97 still needs to teach english at gc OR

c - i stay, you stay and cnu85 leaves forever (this time) while su97 spends a week in lovely ferrum OR

d - none of the above

board members, our collective fate is in your hands...please vote carefully...this could change the landscape of this board forever

p.s. - notamensa - please come back as a guest to vote on this most important issue

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